“Studio Claessen creates paintings where elegance meets memory.”

“Through intimate scenes of figures, interiors and still lifes, Alexander Claessen explores beauty, symbolism and personal history. His work draws on the atmosphere of European life — where everyday moments, myth and emotion quietly intertwine.
Paintings that invite reflection rather than decoration.”

A man with a beard and dark hair, wearing a white patterned shirt, beige pants, and black shoes, stands in front of colorful artworks on a gallery wall.

About

Alexander Claessen is a Dutch artist based in Amsterdam and founder of Studio Claessen. His paintings explore the soul as a carrier of memory—where personal history, loss, and transformation become visible through gesture, surface, and form.